Grouping Print Screen Objects to Drawing Tool objects

[KJK]

Hello, I am checking to see if this issue has been resolved for Word 2003.
I find Word 2003 extremely difficult to use with graphic images and drawing
images. There isn’t any way to group a print screen item placed in Word 2003
to a drawing object. This was extremely beneficial in Word 2000. Without
being able to group Print Screens with Drawing Objects, the item’s will move
around when spacing or when lines are added. Someone please give me an
update on this subject. Thank you


From:
tharris - view profile
Date:
Mon, Apr 26 2004 7:07 pm

Email:
"tharris" <[email protected]>
Groups: microsoft.public.word.drawing.graphics
I'm working in Word 2003, and have created a document with
text boxes and graphics. I am trying to group these and
when I select the Select Objects Arrow, it is not allowing
me to select any objects. I have verified that there is
nothing in front of these objects, but can not figure out
why it is not allowing me to select them. I can select
each object individually, but can not select multiple
objects to group it. Anybody have any ideas?

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

As long as your graphic images and drawing objects are formatted
as something other than "inline with text", then you should be
able to select them and group them as desired. But you cannot
group inline objects with wrapped objects. So my guess is that
(due to operator error, not Word 2003 issue) your graphic image
is formatted as inline, and your drawing objects are not inline.

 

[Jezebel]

This feature didn't change between Word 2000 and Word 2003. More likely, you
are inserting your graphic images inline rather than floating. You can't
group inline and floating objects (and you never could). Select the image,
got to format: on the layout tab, select anything other than Inline with
text.

 

[KJK]

Thank you very much for your feedback. I really appreciate your info. I am
now able to format my graphic images. I am just thrown off by you saying
that (you never could) when I did all the time. I am wondering if in the old
version when pasting the Print screens in Word that it automatically
formatted the images as something other than inline with text and now in the
new version the default is inline with text until you change. I just now
used someone's old version of Word 2000 and it did easily Group the Print
screen with a drawing image without having to format the print screen to
something other than inline with text. If you can access this older version
try it. Just Print screen an image and paste it into Word an then select the
drawing tool oval and circle something in your print screen but make sure
your fill is blank then select both Print screen image and drawing tool image
and group. No formatting needed. Thanks again !!

 

[KJK]

Thank you very much for your feedback. This is extremely helpful. I guess
my only frustration with this new version is that in the old you would not
have to format the Print Screen image as something other than inline with
text you can just draw over the image and then select all the items and
group. Now you have to make an extra step on formatting as anything other
than inline with text. Thanks again,

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

In Word 2003 and 2003, you can change the default layout of
pasted pictures by clicking on Tools | Options | Edit |
Insert/paste pictures as: <choose a text wrapping option> | OK.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi KJK,

In Word 2003 you can set the default text wrap layout for inserted and print graphics in Tools=>Options=>Edit. In Word 2000 the
defaults may have been different or altered by a macro.

You can also use Insert=>Picture=>New Drawing and any graphic placed within that container (canvas) is automatically a bound/grouped
set).

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Thank you very much for your feedback. I really appreciate your info. I am
now able to format my graphic images. I am just thrown off by you saying
that (you never could) when I did all the time. I am wondering if in the old
version when pasting the Print screens in Word that it automatically
formatted the images as something other than inline with text and now in the
new version the default is inline with text until you change. I just now
used someone's old version of Word 2000 and it did easily Group the Print
screen with a drawing image without having to format the print screen to
something other than inline with text. If you can access this older version
try it. Just Print screen an image and paste it into Word an then select the
drawing tool oval and circle something in your print screen but make sure
your fill is blank then select both Print screen image and drawing tool image
and group. No formatting needed. Thanks again !! >>
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MS Office System Products MVP

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